c-span. >> tonight, q&a is next with michelle field, a video journalist for "the daily collar." after that, we will take you to yale university on the legacy b. then, alberta of dollars talks about his tenure in the bush administration. >> this week on "q&a," michelle fields of the daily caller. >> michelle fields, how would you describe what you do for a living? >> i am a video journalist. what we're doing is almost like citizen journalism, which is

when an individual who does not have that much training has the tools of modern technology to capture an event that is not have a background in journalism. what we are doing is we are captioning -- capturing rod and reel moments. as a video-journalist, you are competing with people who have a iphones and blackberries. we are recreating that. we are asking questions that congressman do not have the answer to. they do not have a talking point for. we're not doing what a typical journalist does. c, they, they have a mike interviewed two or three people. we are on the ground, with the protesters. if they marched 5 miles, we

marched 5 miles. >> you do it for the daily caller. we are going to show some video of you on capitol hill. we will come desk and ask you what you would do in. >> can you tell me about what you are doing? >> i am arguing in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy. i am one of the 1%. i am higher than the hierarchy. >> great. >> i think we need to be paying more of our fair share. there is a lot of talk about sacrifice. i have not seen anyone asking about people to benefit the most. >> now is your chance. would you like to donate two thousand dollars? would you guys be willing to donate? >> individually? no. >> would you? >> no.

>> you do not want to donate? >> i pay higher taxes than i could. i do not think it is going to solve the problem. >> what did you expect to get? the kit? >> i did not know what to expect. it was a question a lot of people wanted answered. this was a question that a lot of people were asking. why does he not donate? i did not see any reporters asking that. i felt it was an opportunity to ask a question a lot of people wanted answered. i did not know what to expect. i thought that maybe one of them would donate because it is what they believe in. no one ended up donating. >> not many people get a chance

to talk to people in the hallway. how did you get that? >> they had a press conference. i ask them if i could ask them a few questions about what it would doing. it were willing to have an interview. >> what was your reaction? >> i thought it was hypocritical. if you believe in something, it does not matter if of the people are not doing it. you do it. i thought it was hypocritical. >> that series of interviews. >> i have the credit department's website where you can donate money. i am not part of the 1%. >> you can donate the money as well as i can. >> i'm not here asking for higher taxes. right here, i have the the nation paid. all you need to do is put in new

credit card number. >> that is not going to help anybody. >> you do not want to donate? >> i want a tax -- you have heard me. you are being silly. >> you do not want to donate right now? i have the department of tree's donations page. would you be willing to donate $80,000? -- a few thousand dollars. >> if rates are raised. this is not charity. we are not doing charity to the taxes are not charity. they are not voluntary. they are something society commits to do. i think that is what we have to do for rich people. >> you are not willing to give to the department of treasury? what is it would be of no impact whatsoever. >> is it not a step in the right direction? >> it would be puny and

ineffective. >> we all have to hold hands and do it together. any one individual is just for show. >> you are not willing to donate any money? >> i want to pay my fair share. >> i am giving you an opportunity. >> i think that is a joke. i am not interested. >> did anybody take you up? >> nobody. they all said no. >> why you think that is the case? >> they think everybody else need to do it. i feel like, like i said, if you believe something, you do not need everybody else to be forced into doing it. you do it. if that is something you believe in, i do not know why everybody has to be forced into doing it. >> did any of them give you any back talk off-camera? >> there were some people who

saw me interviewing them. when i asked, they turned their back on me. >> what did you do with the video we just saw? >> we put it up on the web site. we put it on the daily caller. it took off from there. it went virus. it went on a lot of political blocs. we get 400,000 use. >> why do you think worked? -- got 400,000 views. >> y de think it worked? >> it was a combination of news and entertainment. of the reporters asked general questions. it does not have that element of entertainment. that is what we are bringing. people want videos. we are combining fun and news. a it wentv viral. >> born in southern california.

graduated from pepperdine university. >> in may. >> how does somebody walked of that investment into this town? >> -- walked out of that environment into this town? >> i am pretty hard working. i did a lot of political activism. i caught the eye of some people in d.c. who were interested in what i was doing. i were in as a lot of liberty groups on campus. -- i organized a lot of liberty groups on campus. i held events. i think that is how i conditioned. people had already seen my work. >> what was your major? >> political science. >> we have another clip. somebody my age remembers these two people for the entire time i have been in washington you are

not even close to being born at the time they were active. it is a book party for chris matthews. the two individuals are bob woodward and ben bradlee. >> tell me what you are doing? >> i am having a drink, talking to chris, celebrating his book. >> have you read it? >> i have read it. >> what are your thoughts on the accusations against herman cain? >> i did not give any thought. it is a serious one. >> be you have any advice for him? >> and journalists should not give advice. the issue of sexual harassment is a big deal. you cannot blow it off.

you have to answer the questions. as my old boss used to say, the truth emerges. >> be think it was racially motivated? -- do you think it was racially motivated? i am from the daily caller. what you doing here today? >> i am hanging out. i am here for the book. chris is an old friend of mine. i have read a couple of books about kennedy. it is a subject i know a little about. >> what makes this book different? >> it is by chris matthews. i did not say it was better. the thing that interested me --

chris is enough wind to me that he brings the perspective that i did not have. i was interested in that. i read all kennedy books, all kennedy books. some of them i do not remember. this one i do remember. >> what is so great about this one? >> i like the guy who wrote it. i like the guy he wrote it about. >> what a your thoughts on the accusations against herman cain? it cominghink he has to him. >> -- >> i think he has it coming to him. >> do you have any advice? some people are saying they are racially motivated. do you believe that? >> i do not believe that at all. you cannot do that in this town at all. you could do it 50 years ago. you cannot do it now.

he has achieved a lot. his race did not bother him in all those achievements. do not bring up his race now when he stumbles. >> what did you think of all that? >> it is interesting. if they had done that at the height of their career, that would not be a story. i put that up, it gets a million abuse. -- views. they worked in an era where they did not have the ideas like this. -- have videos like this. it is interesting how much journalism has changed. that that would be considered news. >> why did you pick the book party to take your camera?

>> i figure it there would be a lot of interesting people there. it was a cocktail party. there would be insiders there who might want to do an interview. people like that. people want to see off the cult stuff. they want to see people when they do not have their talking point. that is the perfect opportunity. they maybe have a drink. they are in a comfortable environment. they are more willing to say the truth. if i interviewed ben bradlee in this environment. he would not have said what he said. he was much more comfortable. that is what people want. i do not know if it is because we live in this world where reality television dominates television. people want to see real wrong moment. -- raw moments.

what did you know who they were before you got to the party? >> my ever knows them because they have seen the films about watergate. i did know who they were. it is different from what i am doing. they are the fathers of journalism. what i am doing is different than what they are doing. i still consider it journalism. >> people would be a nervous wreck talking to each one of them. were you nervous? >> no. >> what do you think they thought you were up to? did they have any idea what the daily caller was. >> ben bradlee said he did. i do not think woodward knew. i did not think they were focused on that. they were in a comfortable

environment. i do not think they were suspicious or thought much of it. >> who owns the daily caller? >> neil patel is the ceo and tucker carlson is our editor. >> what charge have they given you? what is your mission? >> i do the video stuff. they did not tell me what to do. they provide me with great freedom. they trust me. they trust my instincts. they understand and get the internet. it is something they are not used to. they offer me it buys when i am editing. -- me advice when i ame diting. we have a young video department. they know we understand what works on the internet. >> what the think about what bob woodward said, that journalists

should not be giving advice? >> that is a different world. people want biased journalism. they want to hear journalism tell them what they want to hear or tell them what their opinion is. we have such pulverized news. it is a different world. >> what b think about it? >> -- what do you think about it? >> it is different. it is impossible not to be biased. i do not think there is a need to try to not be biased. it is impossible. even if you were interviewing someone, you decide what you think is important. you have biases. i do not see the problem with biased reporting. reporting from an ankle, people who read my stock watch my biddy

as. read myel as if -- wat = = stuff watch my videos. they feel as if they are not represented in the media. they feel there is not a voice for them. i am providing it. >> you were invited to appear on a show. we have had the same kind of conversation. why did you go on the show? >> she does an on-line show. it does well on the internet. i figured it was a good opportunity. >> she is not that much older than you are. she has a daily one hour show. >> she understands what works on the internet, what does not pay the two young people, it is the perfect up -- does not. two young people, it is the perfect opportunity.

>> let's look at a little bit of your visit. >> next november, should it find new candidates? are there enough new candidate? >> we had a poll that showed 80% of americans would be opened to voting for a candidate from a third party. i do not know if there is a candidate out there. i would love to see that the more options -- there be more options. people are upset with both of them. >> who is watching that kind of a show and your kind of video? do you have any sense of the age group? >> young people, 18-30. a lot of our videos, when they go by road, this debt and website. -- go viral, they start on

website. reddit.com. it starts there and it goes viral. >> do you watch the mainstream media? >> a little bit. what i do in the morning is i do not go to that many website. i go to twitter, i go to facebook. i look at what my friends liked. i clicked on it. sometimes it is to the mainstream media. i did not go out of my way. usually i'm going to mike twitter. -- going through my twitter. >> media has changed so dramatically. when you were going to school, did you talk about that? did you study the way the media used to be?

>> i did not take very many media causes. i took political science. so not too much. it is a give in. that is what we grew up with. >> you lost your father in 2002. who was he? >> my father was a writer, a comedian. he wrote a lot of shows, full house, in living color. he was probably the most real person i have ever known. he grew up in kentucky. he was a man of faith, of great valley is. when he went to los angeles, he never changed. he never drove a luxury car. he was the same guy from

kentucky. he donated money anonymously. he taught us that money meant nothing. he told us that we should be who we are. he led by example. he showed us it is possible, even in a world like hollywood. that has had a tremendous impact on me. >> i was smiling because it is my era. did he really open acts for jerry lee lewis and chuck berry? >> i think so. i do not even know who those people are. i have no clue. >> you have never heard those names? >> i do not know who they are. >> he also wrote for pat sajak. how old was he when he died? what did he die of?

>> he was 46. he died of a heart attack. let us what was his political line? >> he was conservative. very conservative. my mother is more liberal. >> how much more liberal? >> she is a moderate. she is a moderate who has liberal tendencies. >> define your own, if you put a lid -- label on them? >> pro-liberty. i believe in economic freedom. i believe in social freedom. i respect people's individual decisions. i think people can make reasonable choices. i am suspicious of this idea that government can make people better, make the economy better pai. >> what the mean by economic

freedom? what would be the reverse? >> lots of regulations. i believe the individual should have the ability to choose how they produce, how they sell their resources. >> what is your impression of washington after you have been here? >> i was very excited in the beginning. i feel as though it is filled with power-hungry people. that is my impression. >> what gate did that idea? >> everyone wants to know what you do. they are trying to figure out what your résume is. if they cannot get something from you, they move on. everyone is going to cut it apart is, schmoozing -- cokctail parties, schmoozing. i heard people say that.

to me, it sounded so amazing. it was so different. i figured, it would be a wonderful opportunity. so many people are intellectuals. los angeles, all anyone talks about is how they want to be a model or an actress. i am going to go somewhere where people are educated. i guess i am a bit disenchanted. >> pepperdine is in malibu. i assume you were on that campus. high over the pacific ocean. what impact did that school have on you? >> the school is very conservative. i do not think i could have picked a better university. it is unlike any other. if you go to most college campuses, everyone is drinking. there are a lot of frats.

at pepperdine, it is a whole other at the state. on weekends, people are volunteering. they are thinking of ways to join groups, go to africa, go to central america. that had an impact on me. i was able to make a difference on campus. >> is it a religious school? >> yes. >> is there a lot of religion in the school? >> yes there is. >> how important was that to you? >> i do not consider myself a very religious person. that was not that important to me. i believe in a higher power. i believe in doing good. a lot of the people there felt the same way. there valley is aligned with mine. >> we have some video of you going to occupy wall street >>

when did you do that? >> i did that november 17. they were going to shut down wall street. i felt like it was a perfect opportunity to go there and capture that moment. i thought it was something people would enjoy watching. >> let's watch it and get your reaction. >> come on. [car honking] [indistinct shouting] [screams ] >> get up. get up.

get back. >> you fucking pervert. yes you did. >> really? [screaming] >> get up. get up. >> help her up.

>> you okay? >> i'm fine. >> be careful, all right? >> abort, abort. fine. i'm fine. >> make sure she is all right? >> are you ok? >> keep walking. now. keep walking. >> stay here. >> the police dump me down. i was not doing anything. he pushed me against the tax it.

-- me up against the taxi. >> you need to put this on facebook. >> what was the point of all that? what would they doing with you? why would you emotional? >> we were on the ground. we were covering the protesters. we ended up getting in the middle of it when the police decided they wanted them off the street. we decided to put this up because it shows a different side to occupy walz it. before i went, i thought these people were violent. that is what osama on the news. these people are horrible. -- that is what i saw on the news. these people are horrible. when i went there, these people were so kind. they were not violent at all.

it was the police who with the aggressive ones. they were the ones instigating the violence. kahlo -- although that does not follow the narrative of the people who read our website would like to hear, it was something that was happening. these people are not as violent as people are making them out to be. they are quite kind. it is interesting that the guy says, let's put this on facebook. it shows that with this new internet world, one voice, my voice, anyone's voice can be just as loud as "the new york times." you can put the video on the internet. it is distributed globally. >> what had happened to you? you are in the middle of it. you are on the ground. how did that happen? who was pushing you down? >> the police officer. my camera girl and i were in

front of the protesters. we were getting footage of the marching down. at that moment, the police officers decided we do not want them on the street. let's shove them back into the park. they came up, i got in the middle of it. i could not move. there was a car in front of me. there were cops around me. they wanted us to get on the sidewalk. the sidewalks were filled with people. there was no room for me to move. the police officer hit me in the back with a baton. i felt on the carpet i got back up. i was not sure if it was the same police officer, i got hit again. >> there is a still picture of you. i first saw that tweeted out. tweeted that? >> i did.

it went up on the daily mail. my boyfriend called me and said, are you ok? i saw this on the daily mail. people started re-tweeting it. >> explain trading, -- tweeting, re-tweeting? >> there are only a certain amount of characters. >> 140. >> you write sentences. you tweet out an article, that shows up on people who are following you. people fall your account. -- follow your account? >> the field a power when you are able to do this?

>> i feel as though twitter and facebook have enabled people who and not in the media, they do not have a loud voice, to become one of the loudest voices in media. we see people like matt, who has no connection to the media. he is a political outsider. look how far he has come. he took advantage, he saw the potential of the media. his voice is just as blood as the media establishment. >> -- his voice is just as loud as the media establishment. >> how is it that the "daily mail" use the picture, how did your boy friend happened to be looking at it? >> he writes in hollywood. he is a comedy writer. he is constantly reading the news. it is one of the website he goes

to. >> do they have to ask your permission? >> no. the photographer was at the protest. i got it on my at dawn and down a bit. -- my iphone and downloaded it. >> what the think of the occupied epoch? >> i understand they are frustrated. i think -- what do you think of the occupy effort? >> i understand they are frustrated. i think they should be targeting government. wyatt is singling out wall street? what the conservatives take a shot at the group. the liberals took a shot at the tea party. what is your reaction to that? why is it people take sides for and against?

>> the protests are driven by unions. obviously, the right does not like that. some people are helping to fund these protests. there are these narratives that people come up with. that video, where i am thrown down, occupy is helping me, i have gotten a lot of hate mail from conservatives for putting that out. -- up. if that is the truth, i do not see the problem. >> here is some video that also went viral about education. the menu in to be it is a man named -- the man you interviewed is a man named

matt damon. >> i had just graduated from college. i was contacted and told they would be interested in me hosting a few of their videos. this was the first video. he and the cameramen, they told me, it is just going to be the small protest. people are probably not even going to be there. we can get you in there. see if you like to see how it works. i went. it ended up viral. >> we are going to show it in a second. who was the videographer? >> darina cousins. she is a girl who just read with it from college as well. -- who just graduated from

college as well. she does all my hideous. -- my videos. this is free land. this is my first video. let's let's look. >> do you think it is good for the student or bad for the students that teachers are guaranteed their jobs for life? >> teachers are not guaranteed their jobs for life. you say let it is a fact. teachers have never been guaranteed their jobs for life. teachers can always be fired. if that were in fact, that would be horrible. >> in acting, there is not job security. there is incentive to work hard. you want to have a job. >> you think job insecurity is what makes me work hard? >> you have an incentive to work hard. >> it is not an incentive. you take this thinking, it is the problem.

it is intrinsically paternalistic view of problems that are much more complex. it is like saying a teacher is going to get lazy when they have tenure. a teacher wants to teach. why else would you take asia the salary and long hours -- a shitty salary and long hours and do that job unless you love to do it? [crying] >> where did you get that number? >> maybe you are issued the cameraman. -- are a shitty cameraman. >> that is called the real world. not a political science seminar. that is what happens. i think this carries over to teachers.

>> our first grade teachers intellectual? >> i hope they have studied child development. what did they know who you were? >> nook, of course not. >> did they care who you were? >> no. >> what was your reaction? >> i think they are wrong. especially matt damon. >> what was he saying? >> he was saying that teachers love to teach. that they want to do it. that there is no reason they are going to become lazy. that is not true. teachers make great salaries. they get rid compensation. they get great benefit. there is a reason teachers want to teach. there is -- there are a lot of benefit. s. it may make them lazy. they do not have an incentive to

work harder. >> where did you first get that idea? >> i went to school. i saw teachers who had tenure who did not care at all. you hear students. they say, she has tenure. what do you believe that? >> yes. >> you went to high school, where? >> calabasas high school. it is in calabasas, california. it is 15 minutes from elbow. it is right outside the valley. >> when you think that on your education, you had a community college? what do you remember? >> i did not enjoy it. i was not challenged. i did not care about high school

at all. there was no one challenging me. teachers did not care about their classes. a lot of them had the same lesson they did 10 years prior. it was not that great. when i went to pepperdine, it was completely different. we were in classrooms with 12 people. we had professors who would invite us to their house. we would go down to the beach and have a lesson. they cared about me personally and professionally. >> y de think that was the case? >> probably because it is a private school. >> private members' public matters. >> i speak to people who go to public schools and they aren't koses with 300 students -- are in crosses with 300 students. >> how many people watched that? >> almost two million. >> why would 2 million people

care? >> because there is a movie star in it and he gets angry. people like to see celebrities -- until third content. he was not expecting that question. he gets very confrontational. >> what did you think of him? the wholehe said, just interaction. his involvement, his activism. >> i think he is like most hollywood stars. everyone is liberal. he argues from emotion, not logic. >> thinking back on your father, have you stay in that environment? >> i have values. it doesn't it does not matter if at hollywood or d.c., -- it does not matter if i live in

hollywood or d.c., i am not going to change because everyone else changes. >> here is a video from november 2010. it is on something called -- what is it? >> it is a group that works within the competitive district. they help people who are active on campus. >> it is something about a free speech wall. you were in school at the time. explain your involvement. >> i was president of the pepperdine college libertarian. i want to have an event to commemorate the founding fathers. i thought it would be great to put up a free speech wall where individuals can say whatever they want. >> there is a reference to where pepperdine -- they had some

restrictions. what kind of restrictions? >> they have codes. you cannot write anything on the wall without getting its damp wind approved. it cannot post anything on any of the wall. you have to write you are. you cannot say anything or write anything that will offend someone. there are a lot of restrictions. >> when we see this, where is this happening? >> it is in the middle of campus, the busiest part of campus. before i did it, i got in touch with the dean of disciplinary action. i asked him if it would be ok if i did this. he said yes. we put up the wall with the entire week. >> let's look at the video. >> i am with thee pepperdine

college libertarians. i am president. we had a free-speech wall for constitution week. >> welcome to profiles and activism. constitution day celebrates the signing of the constitution. michelle fields saw an opportunity to use the holiday to promote freedom of speech. she led a coalition of politically inclined student groups for the construction and maintenance of a free speech while. she provided markers for passersby to buy whatever they want. >> pepperdine has a lot of free- speech restrictions. i thought if we had a free- speech wall, this would draw a lot of attention. it would make people understand and acknowledge that it is constitution week. that was the best project.

i think there were some comedic comment on their. for the most part, i was impressed by how serious the comments were. there were some substantial comments. >> the event was the top of the campus, spawning three different articles. despite the success, it required only a week of planning. that is because she did a good job is in the resources available. pepperdine makes paper available to students for free. she paid for the markers herself. rich was the issue made it easy. -- hurt twists of issue made it easy. >> if there is -- her choice of issue made it easy. >> if there is something that everyone agrees on. >> the technique we saw.

was that all land? -- planned? >> we were skyping. the competitive enterprise institute, they work in d.c. and they wanted to interview me. we got on skype. we did an interview. >> how often do you use skype? >> every night. my boyfriend lives in l.a. we log on and you call the person. it is free. you see a video of them. you can talk. my boyfriend is watching and we are talking. >> what impact is this having on your life?

you have lived with this, how long? how long do you feel this connection through technology? >> i started using the internet when i was in sixth grade. by unspoiled. i have so much information. any answer, all i do is go to with the pds -- wikipedia. it allowed me to get information more easily and make friends and crete in that quick people from all over the world. >> is that all good? >> i think so. i was interested in promoting the ideas of liberty. when i was in college, the wind and it provided me so much opportunity because i could talk to people from different countries. i could give them ideas they could use on their campuses. it is wonderful. there is a lack of privacy. you get so much good in return.

>> can you go back to -- where did you get this idea? >> my freshman year of college, my brother introduced me to robert and ann rand. i realized that that is what i was. i was a libertarian. it just so happens, at that moment, ron paul came on the scene. there was this explosion of young people who had just discovered libertarianism. it is almost like we took over the internet. every video, it was someone sang you should vote for ron paul. it had thousands of people exchanging ideas. it was an exciting moment.

bucks are you a ron paul online where? >> i'd like -- >> are you a ron paul follower? >> i like ron paul. >> he is close to 77 years old. that does not matter? >> no. >> he has not run anything but a medical office. >> he has been a congressman for 10 years. >> you say you have been more cynical. the closer you get to this, what is your reaction? >> by reaction to the election? >> what condition did you find a country inn? what is a bad condition. -- find the country in? >> a bad condition. the sea is the only place where people feel things are getting

better. it is so ridiculous. it is nothing like real america. >> what chances could ron paul at of having an impact? >> he could have a huge impact. his ideas, his passion, his record speaks to a lot of people. they enjoy it. >> what was your brother doing that he introduced you to all this? >> my brother and found out about libertarianism on the internet. i knew he was libertarian for a while. i thought he likes ron paul. i do not know who he is. finally, i asked him for reading recommendation. he gave that to me. i said, i will give it a shot. i was politically apathetic. when i read that, it was like changing. -- life-changing.

i always felt uncomfortable around conservatives when they would talk about a rights -- about gay rights. i finally read something where there were people like me. >> earlier this year, at pepperdine, the college libertarians held a protest against the tsa. >> the point was to draw attention to the new policies. pepperdine is politically apathetic. they are conservative, but nobody is political. we decided for convocation, this big event that everyone has to go to, we would have people them -- would pat people down to bring attention to the new

policies. but let's watch a little bit of video on that. >> we created a convocation security administration. convocation is held every wednesday morning. normally students come in their pajamas. they are holding caught it, not caring. we told stevens, we had them submit to pat downs. we did this to show the policies of the psa. >> some people think libertarians are being unreasonable. we are trying to hold the government to the same standards we hold each other to every day. >> do not take my liberty. >> your coffee is over 3 ounces. >> we cannot allow you to wear

this belt. >> because the tsa has a monopoly, people cannot choose the level of scrutiny. >> you could be scanned outside of the growth restored. -- grocery store. that is why we greeted the convocation security administration. >> we should allow airlines to protect their customers. >> i missed it in for liberty. -- am a student for liberty. >> what was the impact? >> i think people knew about the policies. i do not think they knew about them before. for those people who happen to walk by, they watched the video. it went all around campus. people knew about this. i feel like i informed them. >> how much of what you did at

pepperdine to college didn't see? are used to getting feedback? >> yes. a lot of people on campus would e-mail me or send me is but messages telling me how they appreciate what i'm doing -- or send me facebook messages to tell me how they appreciate what i'm doing. when i first came, the college libertarians had three or four people. when i graduated, we had 300 people. they were not just libertarians. a lot of the more liberal. -- them were liberals. republicans or conservatives came because they liked what we did. they enjoyed what we were doing. >> what is your twitter? >> twitter.com/michelle fields. >> as more of your body is

become viral, have you found -- as more of your videos become viral, have you seen your profile increase in? >> not yet. >> with do you think this is all going to go? >> i would like to have a loud voice. i think there is a good portion of america who thinks -- i would like to be the voice for them. >>, where? >> in the media. as a journalist, may be an anger. -- maybe an anchor. >> that would allow you to give your views? >> you look at msnbc, fox news, there are a lot of people.

>> are we better off with opinionated journalism or the other? >> i think people want opinions. look at the occupied video i did. it did not agree with my opinion. i showed it. i got so much negative attention. people were upset i did it. people want biased journalism. they want someone to tell them what they think. >> what is your mom doing? >> she works at a nonprofit where she helps honduran immigrants. >> have you been able to change were to use at all? >>-- her views at all? >> no. >> the she checked up on you on -- does she check up on you on

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